This is again one of my favourite combination, which you can find in most of my baked goodies. Almond and orange is simply irresistible to me. You can make different cookie shapes to enjoy your holiday and festive season.
Recipe Source: Cakes and Bakes by BBC Good Food
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Makes 20 biscuits
Ingredients:
Plain flour- 100 g
Butter- 75 g
Ground Almonds- 75 g
Brown Sugar or Caster Sugar- 75 g
Grated Orange rind- 1 tsp
Baking powder- 1/2 tsp
Marzipan- 50 g
Chocolate Ganache:
Dark Chocolate or Plain Chocolate- 50 g
Double cream- 100 ml
Nuts to sprinkle on top
Method:
To make the biscuits:
Sift the flour and almonds in a large bowl, add the butter and work with your hands gently until it resembles bread crumbs like consistency. Add the grated orange rind and mix well. Add the sugar and mix it until it holds together like a dough.
Thinly roll out half of the dough and cut using cookie cutter to make crescent and star shapes. Roll out the marzipan also like a thin sheet. Cut the shapes using a cookie cutter.
Place one shape of the cookie, top it up with a marzipan shape and then top it again with the cookie dough. Seal the edges.
Preheat the oven to 160 degree Celsius. Bake the biscuits for 18 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. To check if the cookies are cooked, when they are in the oven, move slightly with your index finger if it moves freely without sticking to the paper then the cookies are done.
Chocolate Ganache:
To make the ganache, heat the cream and chocolate in a bowl sitting on top of a pan of simmering water. When the chocolate melts completely take it off from heat. Beat it continuously when you are heating.
Dip the biscuits in the ganache and sprinkle with nuts.
Notes:
You can also make this recipe without marzipan filling and chocolate ganache. If you are not using chocolate ganache simply dust it with icing sugar.
This recipe goes to White Christmas Challenge Bake Off, Suma's Baking event and to Love Feast Holiday Cookie Exchange.
27 comments:
wow biscuit looks yummy
The toppings are making the Biscuits look very enticing...
Pongal Feast Event
Kurinji
Salaamz,
They look yummmmmmmmmm!!!!!
I love almonds too(and just about any kind of nuts for that matter) and find orange flavor in bakes very inviting. This cookie sounds very novel and looks very very festive! Love to have this for my event, thank you!!
Awesome cookies..nice pics..
So festive looking cookies, I bet they tasted good too. Would love to make them for my daughter :)
delectable biscuits...looks so inviting..!
Hey,
Lovely biscuits...:)Love the dip with chocolate ganache!!:0
Dr.Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/
gr8 presentation and a lovely recipe!
Awesome cookies,looks festive,love the toppings.
Absolutely amazing presentation.. Love the biscuits..
Wow that looks really fantastic dear....
love it...
Regards,
Akila
The biscuits look perfect for the holiday season. Happy New year to you :)
Wow..They look so festive...:)
US Masala
mmm... mmm... mmm...delicious with chocolate ganache :)
Very yummy lookin
I accept it .. this is really tempting combination and i simply love it.. beautiful work Ayeesha.
gorgeous n decadent biscuits...looks simply amazing...advance wishes for the new yr..
these cookies look fabulous
Wow.. they look so pretty... just feel like looking at them all day :)
This is amazing....the biscuits look great.
Wow! How did you stack them together? Lovely cookies.
Happy new year , !!!
superb ganche with chocolate...wish u n ur family a very happy newyear...
Biscuits looks yummy and inviting..
Biscuits looks awesome and nice presentation.
looks really yummy and love the decoration very much.
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